🪷 ŚB 5.11.8

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

गुणानुरक्तं व्यसनाय जन्तो: क्षेमाय नैर्गुण्यमथो मन: स्यात् । यथा प्रदीपो घृतवर्तिमश्नन् शिखा: सधूमा भजति ह्यन्यदा स्वम् । पदं तथा गुणकर्मानुबद्धं वृत्तीर्मन: श्रयतेऽन्यत्र तत्त्वम् ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

guṇānuraktaṁ vyasanāya jantoḥ kṣemāya nairguṇyam atho manaḥ syāt yathā pradīpo ghṛta-vartim aśnan śikhāḥ sadhūmā bhajati hy anyadā svam padaṁ tathā guṇa-karmānubaddhaṁ vṛttīr manaḥ śrayate ’nyatra tattvam
Synonyms
guṇa-anuraktam — being attached to the material modes of nature; vyasanāya — for the conditioning in material existence; jantoḥ — of the living entity; kṣemāya — for the ultimate welfare; nairguṇyam — being unaffected by the material modes of nature; atho — thus; manaḥ — the mind; syāt — becomes; yathā — as much as; pradīpaḥ — a lamp; ghṛta-vartim — a wick within clarified butter; aśnan — burning; śikhāḥ — the flame; sadhūmāḥ — with smoke; bhajati — enjoys; hi — certainly; anyadā — otherwise; svam — its own original; padam — position; tathā — so; guṇa-karma-anubaddham — bound by the modes of nature and the reactions of material activities; vṛttīḥ — various engagements; manaḥ — the mind; śrayate — takes shelter of; anyatra — otherwise; tattvam — its original condition.

Translation

When the living entity’s mind becomes absorbed in the sense gratification of the material world, it brings about his conditioned life and suffering within the material situation. However, when the mind becomes unattached to material enjoyment, it becomes the cause of liberation. When the flame in a lamp burns the wick improperly, the lamp is blackened, but when the lamp is filled with ghee and is burning properly, there is bright illumination. Similarly, when the mind is absorbed in material sense gratification, it causes suffering, and when detached from material sense gratification it brings about the original brightness of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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Sanskrit and Hindi Witness

इस पाठ-साक्षी का श्लोक-पता वर्तमान ŚB मार्ग से ठीक मिलता है। गीता प्रेस और वर्तमान अंग्रेज़ी पाठ को मिलाया नहीं गया है; दोनों अपने-अपने स्रोत-रूप में साथ पढ़े जा सकते हैं।

ŚB 5.11.8 · गीता प्रेस पाठ

गुणानुरक्तं व्यसनाय जन्तो: क्षेमाय नैर्गुण्यमथो मन: स्यात्। यथा प्रदीपो घृतवर्तिमश्नन् शिखा: सधूमा भजति ह्यन्यदा स्वम्। पदं तथा गुणकर्मानुबद्धं वृत्तीर्मन: श्रयतेऽन्यत्र तत्त्वम्॥ ८

हिन्दी टीका-पाठ

विषयासक्त मन जीवको संसार-संकटमें डाल देता है, विषयहीन होनेपर वही उसे शान्तिमय मोक्षपद प्राप्त करा देता है। जिस प्रकार घीसे भीगी हुई बत्तीको खानेवाले दीपकसे तो धुएँवाली शिखा निकलती रहती है और जब घी समाप्त हो जाता है तब वह अपने कारण अग्‍नितत्त्वमें लीन हो जाता है—उसी प्रकार विषय और कर्मोंसे आसक्त हुआ मन तरह-तरहकी वृत्तियोंका आश्रय लिये रहता है और इनसे मुक्त होनेपर वह अपने तत्त्वमें लीन हो जाता है॥ ८॥

स्रोत-खंड सीमा · यह हिन्दी अंश गीता प्रेस डिजिटल पाठ में इस दृश्य श्लोक-इकाई के बाद आता है; इसे स्वतः एक-से-एक टीका या संस्करण-समानता नहीं माना गया है।

Source witness details
प्रथम-खण्ड · index_split_129.html · source order 124
Sanskrit SHA-256: a8b59b4a391cfe83f8ba2e9097d477c6a6680e8becc70b397d9d8cef9b3bfdbc
Hindi SHA-256: cfa7115fa793290551c6980faf1c7a3fdd956fc47e8e3ed911668c28dbc95641
Address crosswalk: exact · final textual equivalence: not claimed

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